Wingville Oregon

Bond, Betty Mrs. – Obituary

Betty Bond, 89, a long time resident of Baker City, died April 27, 2006 at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Visitations will be from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Her memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church, 1995 Fourth St. Pastor Susan Barnes will officiate. Friends are invited to join the family after the memorial for a reception in the Presbyterian Church’s Rogers Fellowship Hall. Betty was born on Feb. 11, 1917, at Stubton, England. She was the eldest of six siblings. She was … Read more

McCulley, Suzanne L. Jenkins Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Suzanne L. Jenkins McCulley, 93, of Baker City died Feb. 14, 2002, at St. Elizabeth Health Care Center. At her request, there will be no service. Her family will scatter her ashes in her beloved Eagle Mountains later. Suzanne was born on Nov. 8, 1908, the 15th child of George W. and Lillian Shea Jenkins. She grew up on a farm in Baker County and attended Baker schools. She married F. Ward McCulley in 1928. They lived in many towns in Oregon throughout their married life. Suzanne graduated from Eastern Oregon Normal School (now Eastern Oregon University) … Read more

Clarke, F. B. – Obituary

F.B. Clarke, 88, of Baker City, died Feb. 26, 2006, at his home. His funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, First and Church streets. Father Julian Cassar will officiate. There will be a reception at the church after the service. Mr. Clarke was born on Jan. 2, 1918, at Boulder, Colo., to John L. and Ila Stauffer Clarke. He was raised at Benton, Ill. After graduating from high school, he worked in the New Orient Mine No. 2 at Benton until enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1940. Capt. Clarke served … Read more

Ward, Raymond – Obituary

Raymond Ward 69 Dies after Brief Illness Thursday The Haines area lost one of its most prominent citizens Thursday afternoon, April 24, when Raymond Asher Ward 69, succumbed at St. Elizabeth Hospital to a brief respiratory illness. Mr. Ward was a grain broker at Haines, was manager of the Haines plant of the Baker Mill and Grain Co. for over 25 years and was manager of the Haines Grain and Feed Co. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday from Grays West a & Co. Pioneer Chapel with Rev. Gordon Ruddick of Haines First Baptist Church officiating and interment … Read more

Leigh, Elaine Betty “Hap” Lewis Ingram Mrs. – Obituary

Elaine Betty “Hap” Leigh, 84, of Baker City, who was nicknamed “Happy” by a close friend, died May 5, 2005, at St. Elizabeth Nursing Home. There will be a Celebration of Life service at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gray’s West & Co., 1500 Dewey Ave. Pastor Monte Loyd of Harvest Church will officiate. There will be a reception afterward at the home of Bill and Cindy Leigh. Elaine was born on April 27, 1921, at Wingville to Percy Huston Lewis and Thelma Alice Petersen-Lewis. She was born a twin with Adele Lewis-Williams. She lived most of her life in the … Read more

Hill, Donald G. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Donald G. Hill, 70, of Baker City, died Friday, March 7, 2003, at St. Elizabeth Health Services after a battle with cancer. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, March 10, at Mount Hope Cemetery with Mr. Greg O’Neil, a family friend, officiating. Mr. Hill was born April 6, 1932, at Hot Lake to Elmer and Blanche (Day) Hill. He moved to the family ranch in Wingville when he was 3-years-old. Don spent the remainder of his life on the family ranch where he worked and raised his family. He also worked several jobs … Read more

Biography of Syrenous Burnett McCord

S.B. McCORD. – Syrenous Burnett McCord, one of the leading hardware merchants of Eastern Oregon, was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, in 1842. He went with his parents to Wisconsin when a youth, and lived there several years. At the age of eighteen he entered into an apprenticeship in a blacksmith shop in the city of Black Jack, his boss being the Honorable George W. Strong; and there he served out his time and came out a good workman. He crossed the plains in 1864, leaving with Colonel Flurney’s train. At Baldock’s ranch, in the Powder river valley, Oregon, he … Read more

McQuowen, Thomas – Obituary

Wingville, Baker County, Oregon Death Summons Wingville Man Thos. McQuowen Spent All of Life North-West of Baker Thomas McQuowen of Wingville died suddenly this morning at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Annie McQuowen, where he had made his home for the last 22 years. Born August 4, 1864, in the Pocahontas region, Mr. McQuowen, who was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jake McQuowen, Baker county pioneers, who came to this region via an oxen train in 1862, had lived in the Wingville and Pocahontas districts all of his life. He was engaged in farming. Mr. McQuowen … Read more

Ficklin, Fetna Ann – Obituary

At the residence of her daughter Mrs. Kennison, at Wingville, Oregon, August 24, 1890 after an illness of fifteen days, Mrs. Fetna Ann Ficklin, aged 70 years. Deceased was born February 22, 1820 in Boyle Co., Kentucky, moved to Missouri in 1853 (?) and from there to Union Oregon in 1864. With her husband and family she made Union her home until the death of her husband, which occured February 13, 1889, since which time she has been stopping with her children. She leaves eight children to mourn her loss. The remains were brought here Monday and interred in the … Read more

Ward, Gladys F. Morin Moser Mrs. – Obituary

Gladys F. Ward, 92, a lifelong Baker City resident, died April 19, 2005, at St. Elizabeth Health Care Center. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the United Methodist Church, 1919 Second St. Pastor Jack Bynum will officiate. Private interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Gladys was born on Oct. 16, 1912, near Wingville to Lewis C. and Laura Phillips Morin. She was married to Al Moser on June 18, 1927. They had four sons, one of whom died at birth. Al died in March 1968. She married Newton Ward in 1977. Newt died in March 1990. … Read more

Kinnison, Joseph P. – Obituary

Baker Pioneer Dies At Long Beach, California. Built the First Cabin in Baker County on Site of the John Steiger Farm, Wingville Joseph P. Kinnison one of the earliest settlers of the Powder River valley died at his home in Long Beach, California, after a long illness caused by paralysis. Mr. Kinnison was well known in this part of the country having built the first cabin in Baker County on the site of the John Steiger farm at Wingville and residing in this community many years. He was born in Missouri and was 83 years of age at the time … Read more